Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 19 more to hospital, officials say An emergency management official says the leak occurred Wednesday at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute, a silver recovery business.

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there are now hunger strikes in at least two immigrant prisons: North Lake here in MI and Moshannon in PA.

folks inside in PA say one of their comrades vomited a nasty green and guards told them it was just a cold.

folks in MI are talking about months in prison with no idea what's happening.

Working Families Guarantee We can win a real agenda for working people — but only if we all come together and fight for it. Add your name if you agree: It's time for a Working Families Guarantee

In the wealthiest nation on earth, we can afford to give everyone affordable housing, reliable healthcare, good jobs, & childcare.

But how?

By taxing the rich and getting big money out of politics. That's the Working Families Guarantee: wfpus.org/guarantee

Report: Nearly 100 detainees at Clearfield Co. ICE facility launch hunger strike Around 100 detainees at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County have launched a hunger strike in order to protest dangerous conditions, incl

Moshannon should be shut down.

This hunger strike demonstrates what we already knew: without real oversight, the abuse & neglect will continue.

I plan to go back to Moshannon to do my job, get some accountability, & push for its closure once & for all.

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Report: Nearly 100 detainees at Clearfield Co. ICE facility launch hunger strike Around 100 detainees at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County have launched a hunger strike in order to protest dangerous conditions, incl

INBOX: Rep. Summer Lee calls for closure of Moshannon detention facility after reports of hunger strike following abuse and retaliation

Info on the strike here:

ICE detainees seek freedom using medieval legal idea and 16-year-old website Habeas corpus cases, once rare in Western Pennsylvania, now flood the federal docket as ICE detainees challenge detentions. Families are using the charity website to pay lawyers.

"Fighting for my husband’s freedom has a cost we cannot afford alone.” Families of ICE detainees turn to GoFundMe to pay lawyers and cover essentials like rent, food and diapers when a family's primary earner is detained.

The CDC initially delayed the study, but has now blocked its in-house journal from publishing it entirely.

Covid-19 vaccines significantly reduced emergency room visits and hospitalizations this past winter—but RFK Jr.'s Department of Health doesn’t want the public to know that. trib.al/ElIQ2dG

and, just a reminder: DC has more residents then Vermont and Wyoming. and, not too far behind Alaska.

"They went door-to-door to tell their neighbors what the city had not told them: The data center would use twice as much electricity as all of Monterey Park."

The city’s notification in English reached only 40 people living within 500 feet. Activists worked in English, Chinese, Spanish & more!

ICE in Chicago this morning at Elston and Kennicott—a masked agent tells a witness (on the sidewalk) not to get in front of his car.

Feds are continuing kidnappings across the city & burbs after increased activity this month.

No flashy CBP caravans, just a steady stream of covert ICE arrests.

Largest union in the US is the teacher's union (NEA). Second largest union is SEIU, which is what most nurses are organized under. Teamsters is 4th, and UAW is 5th -- combined, they still have fewer numbers than SEIU.

📉 Visiting and posting on X and Facebook has collapsed: nearly 50% drop!

On X, it is mostly Democrats who have become inactive.

Many still occasionally log on, but rarely and quietly.

Dan Schulman is the new CEO of Verizon and he is predicting 20 to 30% unemployment within the next 2 to 5 years due to AI.

Not a typo. He thinks 1/3 of people currently employed will lose their jobs by 2030.

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden.

This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years.

But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

Seems like NYT should have mentioned that UAE's spymaster bought 49% of Trump's World Liberty Financial and used $2B of its USD1 stablecoin, directing hundreds of millions to Trump.

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Friends of reconciliation: please repost this! Or direct from DRIPAfacts.ca

Educating fellow settlers is on all of us to help undo the damage.

Tiny Pacific nations face tough choices on food, fuel posed by Iran war Far-flung Pacific nations are reeling from the impact of a global fuel crisis as authorities scramble to manage energy supplies while families must grapple with fuel curbs and higher costs for food an...

Far-flung Pacific nations are reeling from the impact of a global fuel crisis as authorities scramble to manage energy supplies while families must grapple with fuel curbs and higher costs for food and access to healthcare reut.rs/4sOh4tg

Tax the rich - it’s not hard. It’s just being blocked by billionaires and politicians in their pocket.

I'm also too late, and a definite no!

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.

Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.

“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.

(Published Nov. 2025)

Statement from Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder and executive director of AAPF: Civil rights must be fought for, protected and sustained in order for all people to live freely and in democracy. Only authoritarians would try to attack and intimidate organizations committed to justice and civil rights. Today's announcement from the Department of Justice that it has criminally charged the Southern Poverty Law Center is alarming and yet only the latest sign that this administration is weaponizing the DOJ to target its perceived enemies as opposed to maintaining its essential function in upholding the law. AAPF stands with the SPLC and with all those committed to justice. We will not be intimidated.

AAPF stands with @splcenter.org.

For civil rights. For justice. For democracy.

‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

@governor.pa.gov

what are you doing about ICE abuses in PA? people are on a hunger strike - how will you use your power as governor to stop this abuse?
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‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.

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Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it. The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

Breaking news: The Trump administration’s fundraising arrangement for the White House ballroom project shields donor identities and excludes the White House from conflict of interest requirements, according to records obtained by The Post.

10 Years of Survived and Punished Join us virtually on April 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to celebrate our collective accomplishments and to mourn our losses.

One week away! Register for what will be a very powerful event celebrating a decade of Survived & Punished, a national coalition of prison abolitionists organizing defense campaigns for people criminalized for surviving domestic or sexual violence.

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This is what fascism looks like. Industrial-scale detention. Private prison profits. Families torn apart. On April 25th, we stand together against it. Join us! #StopICEWarehouses social.demcast.com/s/GDJ7wCGm

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